Background

Ms. Bonnie McElveen-Hunter founded Pace Communications, Inc. in 1973 and is its Owner and also serves as its Chief Executive Officer and President. Ms. McElveen-Hunter was U.S. Ambassador to Finland. Ms. McElveen-Hunter serves as Chairwoman of the Board of The American Red Cross. She serves as a Member of the Board of Trustees at National Museum Of Women in The Arts Inc. She served as a Trustee of The RAND Corporation. She is a Founder of the United Way Billion Dollar ... National Women's Leadership Initiative. In 2003, she initiated Stop Child Trafficking: End Modern-Day Slavery and Children of Karelia. She chaired the Alexis de Tocqueville Society and served on the United Way of America Board as a Member of its National Leadership Council. As a long-time philanthropist and charitable-cause activist, Ms. McElveen-Hunter was a Member of the International Board of Directors of Habitat for Humanity. Following her work in Helsinki with women business leaders, Ms. McElveen-Hunter led a second Women's Business Leaders Summit in 2004 in Riga, Latvia and most recently a third summit in 2007 in Amman, Jordan for women from Iraq, Palestine, Syria and other Middle Eastern nations. For her outstanding services, the President of Finland awarded Ms. McElveen-Hunter one of Finland's highest honors the Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion. She received the Appeal of Conscience Public Service Award. Ms. McElveen-Hunter is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Dr. Carl-Christian Rosenbröijer Award, "Woman Entrepreneur of the Year" Award from the National Foundation for Women Legislatures, National Athena Award for business and civic contributions from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and "Trailblazer of the Year" Award from the Women Leaders Forum. She received the United Way's 2004 National Alexis de Tocqueville Society Award for her leadership and exemplary service to her community. Ms. McElveen-Hunter received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor and an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from North Carolina State University.

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